Ramalinga Reddy  

Sources say that Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and Ramalinga Reddy, the Congress MLA from BTM Layout (Bengaluru) might fly to Mumbai to pacify the disgruntled MLAs. Sources added that Reddy might be made the chief minister and Ramesh Jarkiholi his deputy

Here is how rebel MLAs reacted to Ramalinga Reddy withdrawing his resignation and voting in favour of Congress.

 

Karnataka BJP spokesperson Vaman Acharya is confident of the saffron party roping in senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy into the party fold

While the Congress-JD(S) coalition was depending on R Ramalinga Reddy to win the trust vote, the MLA had not made any affirmations
 

Ramalinga Reddy, the Congress MLA from BTM Layout, Bengaluru, who was scheduled to meet Ramesh Kumar, the Karnataka Assembly Speaker did not turn up. The meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday (July 16) at 4 pm.

It will indeed be a stormy day in Karnataka assembly on Monday (July 15) as the BJP will press for a trust vote. On the other hand, Speaker Ramesh Kumar is slated to meet Congress MLA from BTM layout Ramalinga Reddy in relation to his resignation

Daughter of BTM Layout (Bengaluru) Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy, Sowmya Reddy (Congress MLA from Jayanagar, Bengaluru) has said she didn’t go to resorts because she was voted to do work sincerely and not for anything else

Ramalinga Reddy, BTM Layout (Bengaluru) Congress MLA, who resigned earlier, refused to speak about politics with the media

The Karnataka coalition partners should not blame the BJP for trying to destabilise the government when there are hints of their own lawmaker (JDS) scripting the resignation and threat drama. Vishwanath's meeting with BJP leader V Srinivas Prasad and Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy points to what was being planned well in advance to destabilise the coalition

Former AICC president Sonia Gandhi met Sowmya Reddy, the Congress MLA from Bengaluru’s Jayanagar constituency and advised her not to leave the party. She is also reported to have asked her to persuade her father Ramalinga Reddy to stick on with the Congress.

The crisis in Karnataka is getting interesting as the talks between chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy has yielded results. JDS national spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed said, knowing the importance of Reddy, the CM convinced him to take back his resignation
 

In a bid to extricate the state from the present political impasse, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda has offered the post of CM to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. On the other hand, Congress wants to make another senior leader Ramalinga Reddy the second deputy chief minister

Meta: Senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy (MLA from BTM Layout) has blamed deputy chief minister and Bengaluru Development minister G Parameshwara for his resignation
 

MLA Muniratna did not accompany the 10 MLAs who left for a Mumbai resort. The legislator will attend the audio release of the movie Kurukshetra, that he has bankrolled.

Reports state that other Karnataka MLAs from the ruling camp will follow in the footsteps of veteran Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy. If he doesn't withdraw his resignation, others are also likely to stay put and follow the same course of action